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The world is full of labour-saving devices these days, but none could be more welcome to both boss and worker than the franking machine.
Invented in 1884 by Norwegian Engle Frankmussler (we’ll leave you to spot where the “frank” came from) the first machines to weigh people’s mail and affix the correct postage mark were of course operated by a manual crank system, but even then much time and laboriousness was saved in the workplace and postal rooms....